Game



July 2,1929. 4 D S ANL 1,719,239

GAME

Filed Aug. 9, 1927 INVENTOR Dennis R. Ska/1km Patented Jul 2 1 y I i UNITED STATES DENNIS SCANLAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GAME.

Application filed August s, 1927. Serial No. 211,727.

The present invention relates to a game and apparatus for playing said game.

The invention has for its general object to provide a game that may he played with. enjoyment by those unfamiliar with the game of golf but has the valuable feature of allording exercise in the use of certain golf clubs.

The invention also has for its object to provide a. game which may be played in any desired spot, indoors or outdoors, and which ern' iloys apparatus which. may be readily transported and set up.

The invention also has for its object to provide a device called a pitching post which with ordinary clubs, such as niblicks and an ordinary golf ball is all that is re.- quired to play the game.

The gan'ie may be also played. with a representation of the pitching post drawn on a sheet which may be hung upon a wall or a support, but in the following description and accompanying drawings the game will be specifically described with reference to a pitching post.

It is desired to emphasize that theinvention not limited to the specific embodiments described and illustrated, but only by the scope of the claims appended to the specification.

in the accompanying drawings 2- Figure 1 shows the pitching post in side elevation and Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1.

The post A may be of any suitable proportions, but the form shown in the drawings has been evolved as being particularly suitable. This form of post is four sided and tapered outwardly from base to top. The post is mounted upon any suitable supporting member and may be formed so as to be readily inserted into a permanent socket to be fitted in a lawn or other suitable loca tion.

As shown in Figure 1 the post is provided with four-armed baseplate B, which may be buried below the ground line as shown in Figure 1, the bottom of the post being inserted in a hole formed coaxially with the hole in the baseplate which received a pin 0 projecting from the end of the spot.

The post is divided into portions of suitable length D by upstanding ridges E which may be applied in the form of angular beading. The purpose of the beading is to cause the bill in the event of hitting between two divisions to be deflected upwardly or downwardly and hit the post be tween said ridges, so thereunay be no discussion as to which division was hit. Preferably shown in Figure 1 the divisions are increased in size from those nearest the ground to those at the top of the post,

for the reason that the lower shots are parent that a number of such points may he set' out around the pitching post such points being accorded a value according to the relative dilliculty of effecting a shot from said point.

It is obvious that if four persons were partaking in the game each could putt against a different side of the post, thus serving to hasten the game by enabling each members to putt immediately after the ones previous without having to wait until the preceding player had vacated the putting point. i

For practice purposes it might sometimes be desirable instead of using a post to use a representation painted in outline on a sheet of canvas hung against the wall. The foot of this sheet of canvas could be brought forward into proximity to the player so that the, golf balls would. he returned within easy reach of the player. A particularly advantageous form of the device when used on a canvas or other backing would be to cut out the divisions and provide achannel beyond them by which the ball could be returned to the putting point. Such a form, particularly when made in a'plank or the like could be readily furnished with small upstanding fingers arranged at the edges of the openings of the division, so as to be knocked back by the passage of the ball to indicate with certainty the division into which the ball had been shot. Such lingers could be reset by a caddy or by an automatic device ope 'ated by the ball on its return to the player or in any other sum" lllt iliii zll'i v I claim:

playing a game with golf clubs and golf balls, said post being four sided and divided into a number of divisions increasing in length from one end of the post to the other and means for i'naintaining said post in vertical position.

2. A device or pitching post for use in playing a game With golf clubs and golf. balls, said post being divided into a number of divisions increasing in length and width from the lower end of the post to the upper and upstanding ridges designed to deflect the golf ball upwardly or downwardly should it happen to strike said. ridge scr .ing to separate said divisions, said pitelr of the post, and upstanding divisions arranged between said divisions and acting to deflect a ball upwardly or downuuirdly, and means for maintaining said post in vertical position.

DENNIS R. SCANLAN. 

